Novel approach to identifying supersaturated metastable ambient aerosol particles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8177-8184

  Wittmaack, Klaus ^a   Strigl, Markus ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; HYGROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

HIGH-VELOCITY SAMPLING; PYRAMIDAL SHAPE; SOFT PARTICLES; SOLID SUBSTRATES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; SUPERSATURATION;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; EVAPORATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAMPLING;

AEROSOLS; HUMIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER;

EID: 27644568927     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0479538     Document Type: Article

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